Chapter 1 Key Terms

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HMD 259 - Chapter 1 Assignment


 
  
Created Aug 28, 2010
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LINE MANAGER (MANAGER)
 
A manager who is authorize to direct the work of subordinates and reponsible for accomplishing...
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STRATEGY
 
A company's plan for how it will match its internal strengths and weaknesses with external...
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ALIGNMENT
 
An extent to which the 3 primary HR activities are designed to achieve the goals...
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COMPETENCIES
 
Measurable and/or observable knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors critical to successful...
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COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
 
A company's ability to create more economic value that its competitors.
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EMPLOYEES
 
Individuals that work for a company. 
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ENVIRONMENTAL INFLUENCES
 
Pressures that exist outside companies that the managers must consider to strategically...
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EXTERNAL ALIGHNMENT
 
An extent to which 3 primary HR activities a company uses to help  meet...
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GLOBALIZATION
 
The blurring of country boundaries in business activities.
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HR CHALLENGES
 
The challenges that managers must consider in management of employees that relate to: A) Organization...
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HUMAN RESOURCES (HR) DEPARTMENT
 
A support function within companies that serves a vital role in designing & implementing...
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HUMAN RESOURCES (HR) PRACTICES
 
Practices that a company has put in place to manage employees.
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INTERNAL ALIGHNMENT
 
An extent to which specific practices used within every HR activity are consistent with...
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ORGANIZATION CULTURE
 
A set of underlying values and beliefs that the employees of a company share.
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ORGANIZATION DEMANDS
 
Factors within a firm that affects decisions regarding how to manage employees.
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PRIMARY HUMAN RESOURCE ACTIVITIES
 
Strategic management of employees that are centered around 3 categories of HR activities:...

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